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  • Bezalel Smotrich at a news conference in the occupied West Bank last month.
    Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images
    Israel’s far-right finance minister suggests a real estate ‘bonanza’ in Gaza will follow the war
  • Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embrace each other after signing a defence agreement, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday.
    Saudi Press Agency/Reuters
    As US reliability falters, Saudi Arabia turns to a nuclear-armed ally
  • Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embrace each other on the day they sign a defence agreement, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 17, 2025. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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    Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact as Gulf Arab states grow wary of US security guarantees
  • A Taliban flag flutters near telecom equipment installed over a rooftop providing internet services overlooking Hazrat-e-Ali Shrine, in Mazar-i-Sharif on Tuesday, as the Taliban administration banned fibre-optic internet in Balkh province.
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    Taliban orders ban on internet in northern Afghanistan ‘to prevent immoral activities’
  • An still image from the award winning film, "The Sea"
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    Israel’s culture minister vows to defund ‘Israeli Oscars’ after film about Palestinian boy wins big
  • Flames erupt from a building following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, Sunday, September 14, 2025.
    Yousef Al Zanoun/AP
    Israel strikes high-rises in Gaza City, ahead of cabinet meeting to discuss risk of ground operation to hostages
  • The damaged building, left, in the compound housing members of Palestinian militant group Hamas' political bureau, pictured on September 10, 2025.
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    Gulf states unite to respond to Israel’s attack on Qatar, but find few options
  • Basel Adra speaks during an event in Madrid, Spain on June 23.
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    Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker says IDF searched his house after he was attacked by settlers
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  • Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani speaks with CNN’s Becky Anderson.
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    In exclusive CNN interview, Qatari prime minister says Netanyahu ‘killed any hope’ for Israeli hostages
  • Smoke rises from an explosion, allegedly caused by an Israeli strike, in Doha, Qatar, on September 9, 2025.
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    Israel strikes Hamas leadership in Qatar in unprecedented attack. Here’s what to know
  • People watch as leaflets dropped by the Israeli military, urging evacuation south to al-Mawasi, land in Gaza City on September 9, 2025. The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it will act with "greater force" in Gaza City and warned residents to flee, in a statement posted on X. Israel has been intensifying its bombardment of the city in preparation for an operation to take control of it, despite repeated entreaties from Western nations and aid agencies to stop.
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    Israel orders full evacuation of Gaza City as Netanyahu warns ‘this is only the beginning’
  • Israeli police officers and emergency personnel work at the scene of a shooting attack in Jerusalem on Monday, September 8.
    Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
    At least 6 killed in shooting at Jerusalem bus stop, Israeli officials say, in city’s deadliest attack in 2 years
  • Ramon International Airport, just outside the southern Red Sea resort city of Eilat, Israel on January 21, 2019.
    Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
    Sirens fail as Houthi drone hits arrivals hall at Ramon Airport in southern Israel, authorities say
  • Israeli hostage Guy Gilboa Dalal appears in a Hamas propaganda video from Gaza City that was released on Friday.
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    Hamas releases video of hostages in Gaza City as Israeli military advances
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  • Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and members of the cabinet stand as they attend a cabinet session to discuss the army's plan to disarm Hezbollah, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Lebanon, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
    Mohamed Azakir/Reuters
    ‘Pivotal moment’ for Lebanon as cabinet backs army plan to disarm Hezbollah amid growing US pressure
  • US considers banning Iranian diplomats from shopping at Costco during UN meeting
  • US sanctions Palestinian rights groups who asked top court for Israel war crimes investigation
  • UAE warns Israel’s West Bank annexation would cross ‘red line’ and end regional integration efforts
  • Israel killed the head of the Houthi-led government, Ahmad al-Rahawi, in a strike earlier this week.
    Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
    Houthis storm UN buildings in Yemeni capital after Israel killed PM and other ministers
  • Israel to halt airdrops ahead of Gaza City offensive as hostage families lash out at Netanyahu
  • Yemen’s Houthis say prime minister of rebel-controlled government killed in Israeli airstrike
  • Israel releases clip of October 7 attack as it faces international condemnation over Gaza City assault
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